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PASTOR GENERAL'S REPORT, July 11, 1980
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When God decided to call a certain group of humans to be His People
--His Congregation or CHURCH of the OLD Testament--He chose to lead them
ONE MAN, specially prepared and trained for the purpose--MOSES!
God freed the Israelite slaves--made them HIS NATION, His CONGREGA
TION or Old Testament Church. WHO really led them? GOD did! By super
natural miracles God took them across the Red Sea. But the people were
led by God's chosen, MOSES! They did not SEE God--they only saw the
leader GOD chose--Moses. GOD led them, through Moses.
They became organized. Some were put in positions over fifty people.
Some over a hundred--some over a thousand. Among them were some who had
been elevated quite high in the organization--"rnen of renown"--just as in
the Worldwide Church of God today we have had men in comparatively high
office--men of renown. I do not need to print their names--you know who
they were.
But GOD SAYS: "Now Korah, and Dathan, and Abiram, and On, ...rose
up before Mos�with...two hundred and fifty princes of the Assembly
(Church), famous in the congregation (Church), men of renown. And they
gathered themselves together against Moses...and said..., Ye take too
much upon you...wherefore then lift ye up yourself above the congregation
(Church)...?" (Num.
16:3).
Now through Moses, God had given them important offices in the Old
Testament Church--they were "men of renown." But they wanted more--they
coveted Moses' seat! They wanted to be chief boss! They coveted more
POWER�
In 1974 men of renown in reasonably high position in GOD'S CHURCH of
our time, coveted MORE POWER and AUTHORITY. I quoted the above to them
about Korah. IT MADE NO DIFFERENCE. They conspired to take over head
ship of the Church--to depose Christ's chosen Apostle. They had two men
--Vice Presidents and of Evangelist rank, men in high position, men of
renown--at Headquarters. They thought that with these high-up men at
Headquarters they could pull a coup--a POLITICAL REVOLUTION--and the
GOVERNMENT in the Church would cave in under their politically-conspired
plot.
But they UNDERESTIMATED the
REAL
HEAD of the Church--Jesus Christ!
They thought it was a church OF THE PEOPLE--not the Church OF GOD! GOD
simply was not in the picture in their eyes!
Christ's Apostle did not cave in. These men WENT OUT--several
of
them formed what they called the "Associated Church," in or near Washing
ton, D.C. But those so "associated" soon fell out among themselves. GOD
WAS NOT IN THEIR PLOT TO TAKE OVER--NOR IN THEIR ATTEMPT TO BUILD A NEW
CHURCH OF THEIR OWN when their attempted coup failed! It was the "work of
covetous MEN." It fell flat on its face. It came to naught!
"EXCEPT THE LORD BUILD THE HOUSE, THEY LABOR IN VAIN THAT BUILD IT,.
(Ps. 127:1).
Later, other "men of renown" in God's Church could not. see CHRIST
in the Church--only THE PEOPLE! They were in very high positions in God's
Church--but they wanted to make it MAN'S church. Their conspiracy was